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American Express Company AXP

Financial  —  Credit Services
308.89 3.23 1.06% as of 25 Sep
Market cap
$207.3B
P/E
18.7×
S&P 500 Member Dividend Champion (10y) Revenue Champion (5y)
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Overview Business Profile Financial Analysis Income Statement Balance Sheet Cash Flow Metrics & Ratios 10-Q 10-K

American Express Company (AXP) Debt to equity

American Express Company's debt to equity at the end of the quarter to 30 June 2026 was 1.7×, down 0.0× from fiscal 2025 (1.7×). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 1.6× (fiscal 2024) to 3.1× (fiscal 2017); the current reading is higher than 18% of that period. That is above the Credit Services industry median of 0.7× and above the Financial sector median of 0.2×.

Debt to equity, annual

Annual

Period Debt to equity Change
FY2025 1.7× 2.54%
FY2024 1.6× (3.71%)
FY2023 1.7× (0.98%)
FY2022 1.7× (1.21%)
FY2021 1.7× (6.68%)
FY2020 1.9× (25.45%)
FY2019 2.5× (4.36%)
FY2018 2.6× (14.23%)
FY2017 3.1× 33.32%
FY2016 2.3× (1.41%)

Quarterly

Period Debt to equity Change
Jun 2026 1.7× (3.76%)
Mar 2026 1.7× 2.59%
Dec 2025 1.7× (5.50%)
Sep 2025 1.8× (1.04%)
42 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 1.6× High 3.1×
Ten-year median 1.9×
Current reading's percentile 18

Debt to equity against peers

Company Debt to equity
SOFI SoFi Technologies, Inc. compare 0.3×
COF Capital One Financial Corporation compare 0.4×
PYPL PayPal Holdings, Inc. compare 0.7×
V Visa Inc. compare 0.7×
SYF Synchrony Financial compare 1.0×
ALLY Ally Financial Inc. compare 1.1×
AXP American Express Company 1.7×
AFRM Affirm Holdings, Inc. compare 1.8×
MA Mastercard Incorporated compare 4.4×
Credit Services industry median 0.7×
Financial sector median 0.2×
Market median 0.2×

What Debt to equity is

Debt to Equity Ratio shows how much a company relies on borrowed money compared with the money its shareholders have in the business.

(Long Term Debt (Total) + Current Part of Debt) ÷ Shareholders Equity (Total)

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